Lamp-shade and similar plaited article.



A. KRAUSS.

LAMP SHADE AND SIMILAR PLAITED ARTICLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR-5,1918.

l ,3Q2fi8g Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

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LAME-SHADE AND SIMILAR, PLAITED ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1 .91%.

Application filedmarch 5, 1918. Serial No. 220,614.

' which the following is a full, clear, and er:-

act description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved lamp shade, dolls hat or similar plaited article, arranged to ermit the user to quickly and conveniently contract or spread the article out to diminish or enlarge the article in size to suit the users desires. Another object is to securely hold the plaits in an adjusted position, to reinforce the plaits and to prevent distortion or limpness in damp weather.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then pointed out specifically in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the plaited article in the form of a lam shade;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with part in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same spread'out or enlarged; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the same.

The body 10 of a lamp shade, dolls hat or similar article is made of paper, silk, muslin or other suitable pliable material, and is preferably conical and formed of plaits 11 V-shape in cross section and extending from the apex end of the body 10 to the base thereof. The upper or apex end of the body 10 terminates in a top 12 which, for a lamp shade, is provided with a central opening 13 for the passage of a chimney, bulb or other part of the lamp on which the shade is used. The top 12 ispreferably reinforced at the under side by a ring 14, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The base of the body 10 is provided with return bent plaits 15 V-shape in cross section and integrally connecting the base ends of the plaits 11 with each other thus provid ing an ornamental base for the plaited article. The margins of the return plaits 15 project slightly beyond the lower ends of the apexes of the body plaits 11 (see Fig. 4), and the margins of the return plaits 15 are overlaid by a reinforcing medium l6, preferably in the form of a piece of soft or annealed wire fastened in place by suitable means such as stitches 17 passing through the material of the return plaits 15. It will be noticed. that the reinforcing wire 16 follows the shape of the return plaits 15 at the margin thereof and strongly reinforces the return plaits and allows the same to be contracted or opened with a View to decrease or increase the plaited article in size at the sides and base, as will be readily understood by comparison of Figs. 2 and 3. By using a soft or annealed wire at the return plaits it is evident that the same retain their shape, into which they are pressed by the user of the plaited article, and at the same time the plaits are reinforced and are not liable to be distorted or rendered limp in damp weather. The stitches 17 are preferably zigzag stitches and with the reinforcing wire render the base end of the plaited article highly ornamental and neat in appearance.

It is understood that by the arrangement described the user of a lamp shade, for instance, can readily expand the body 10 with a view to allow the rays of light emanating from the lamp to spread and thereby illuminate a larger area, or the body may be contracted to reduce the illuminated area.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent a As an article of manufacture, a lamp shade,'dolls hat or similar article having a plaited body provided with marginal return plaits, and a pliable wire having plaits corresponding to the laits of the body and secured to the margm of the return plaits to reinforce the same, to hold the plaits from distortion and to allow of contracting or cit pending the plaits to diminish or increase the size of the article and hold it in the position towhich it has beenadjusted.

ADALBERT KRAUSS. 

